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T. F. DURAND.

CLOTHES LINE.

(MOdeL) Patented Sept. 14, 1886.

INVENTOR THOMAS F. DURAND,

PATENT OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

* CLOTHES-LINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,147, datedSeptember 14, 1886.

Application filed October '7, 1885. Serial No. 179,242. (ModcL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. DURAND, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Clothes- Line, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

1 Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new clothes-line applied to awindow-frame and outside post. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clampfor fastening two parts of the line together, and Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the inner surface of the upper plate of the clamp.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

In the window-frame A, I secure two swiveled pulleys, B B; and to thepost 0, I secure a single pulley, D. Over these pulleys I place a line,E, the ends e e of which are joined to other parts of the line, so thateach end forms an angle, as at E and E", with the adjacent main parts ofthe line which pass directly to and over the pulleys. The line isapplied to the pulleys by taking end 6 and passing it around pulleys BD, drawing it taut and knotting it to the main part ofthe line, as shownin Fig. 1. The other end, 0, of the line is then passed over the pulleyB and made fast to the lower part, 6 of the line, preferably by means ofa clamp, F.

In'use the line will be drawn so the juncture formed by the clamp F willcome as near as possible to the window -sill. The clothing will beattached to both lower lines next to the pulleys B B, and the part ofthe line bearing the clothing will be moved outward as the hanging ofthe clothing proceeds.

In this manner it will be seen that with three single pulleys and a lineequal in length to three times the distance from the window A to thepost B, two full lengths of line are available for clothing.

The'clamp F is composed of the upper and lower plates, ff, securedtogether by a screwbolt, f and thumb-nutf' The plates f f arecorrespondingly cut away at their opposite edges, as shown at g g, andtheir adjacent surfaces are correspondingly grooved, as shown at g g, toform a curved passage through the clamp for the portion 6 of the rope orline E. The plates ff are also cor respondingly cut away at theirstraight edges, as shown at h h, which cut-away places are the terminalsof corresponding semicircular grooves h h, made in the closing surfacesof the plates ff, which grooves, when the plates are put together, forma curved passage for the portion e of the line E. The portion 6 of theline is placed in the clamp so as to pass first under and then over theportion 6. as shown in Fig. 2, so that when the plates f f are clampedtogether the lines will be pressed one upon the other, and thus heldfrom slipping.

When the clamp F, holding the line, as described, is forced o'utwardaway from the window-sill, the angle E. and knot or end 6 will approachthe pulleys B B, and when the clamp F reaches the pulley D the knot 6will stand between the pulleys B B, and at this timethe pulleys B B willautomatically reverse or turn on their swivels, thus enabling the fullextent of two ofthe lines to be utilized, and preventing friction andstrain upon the line and the pulleys.

The part 6' of the line passes directly through the clamp F, so that theend 6 may beeasily joined to it by the clamp; and by the use of theclamp, constructed as described, any slack in the line may be easilytaken up.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The single pulley-blocks B B and the pulley-blockD, in combination with the line E, passed over the pulleys and joined toform two angles, E E, a single part of the line running over eachpulley, substantially as described.

2. The pulley-blocks B B D and line E, joined to formtwo angles, E E incombination with a clamp, F, for joining one end, 6, of the line with astraight main portion, 6 substantially as described.

3. The clamp F, composed of the plate f, recessed on opposite sides atg' g, and again at h h, at right angles to the side recesses, g g, andgrooved at g h, the grooves joining at the side openings, 9 g, and theplate f, recessed at its sides at g g, and also at h h, and grooved at gh, to correspond with the grooves and recesses in plate f, incombination with the bolt f 2 and nut f, substantially as described.

THOMAS F. DURAND.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES CAVANAGH, O. SEnewIoK.

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